Twitter Thread On The Negative Health Effects Caused By Lack Of Sleep

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Jul 9, 2020 3:00 PM EDT

We all know that getting enough sleep is crucial for living a productive life. We grow up being told to get eight hours of sleep so that we can have an effective and productive day ahead, but there is a lot more to it than that. Someone has listed all of the negative health effects caused by lack of sleep and they are, quite frankly, alarming. I know that I certainly don't get anywhere near enough sleep, but after reading this Twitter thread, things are changing as of tonight! Scroll down and educate yourselves on why sleep is so important.

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    Text - aiko @1chigoko hi guys! i see so many of you basically ruining your sleep schedules and so i'm just going to drop this thread on why you should ABSOLUTELY get some sleep 10:22 AM Jun 24, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone >
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    Text - aiko @1chigoko - consistently sleeping less than 6-7 hrs wrecks your immune system + doubles your risk of cancer - sleep is a key factor in determining if you will develop Alzheimer's - improper sleep for even a week will disrupt your sleep enough that you could be classified as pre-diabetic 10:22 AM Jun 24, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone >
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    Text - aiko @1chigoko - short sleep brittles your arteries (leads to many cardiovascular diseases and problems) - causes you to eat more as sleep deprivation causes a spike in the hormone that tells you you're hungry and a decease in the one that tells you you're satisfied 10:22 AM Jun 24, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone
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    Text - O aiko @1chigoko if you're trying to diet, your weight loss won't come from your fat, it'll come from lean body mass (so its pointless) - countries whose citizens get the least sleep also have the highest rates of physical diseases/mental disorders 10:23 AM Jun 24, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone
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    Text - O aiko @1chigoko - a study showed a 60% amplification in emotional reactivity to negative stimuli in sleep deprived individuals - poor sleep worsens the symptoms of various mental conditions such as depression, anxiety, suicidality 10:30 AM - Jun 24, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone
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    Text - O aiko @1chigoko mri scans show decreased ability for the pre-frontal cortex (the brain region that regulates our emotions, is responsible for rational thought) to control the amygdala (associated with aggressive emotional response), making it difficult for people to control negative emotions 10:31 AM Jun 24, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone >
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    Text - O aiko @1chigoko - not only are you more cranky, but the reward and impulsivity center of the brain also becomes hyperactive on low sleep, so you'll experience extreme mood swings of positive and negative 10:35 AM Jun 24, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone
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    Text - O aiko @1chigoko because sleep loss also increases activity in the reward center of the brain, we are more susceptible to addiction - sleep loss has been shown to be a reliable determining factor in the possibility that a child will develop an addiction in adolescence, adulthood
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    Text - aiko @1chigoko - otherwise healthy individuals have been shown to exhibit brain activity characteristic of mental disorders from a sheer lack of sleep 10:57 AM - Jun 24, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone >
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    Text - aiko @1chigoko there are obviously so many more, these are just a few that stuck with me as i read through some books. take care of yourselves guys! so many of you on anitwt are still so young, and it's so weird that we have this culture of "omg haha i got no sleep" or even "i bet i had less+ 10:58 AM Jun 24, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone >
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    Text - O aiko @1chigoko sleep than you“ it's not great to normalize behaviors that are obviously bad for you and i find it really weird that we do? but tl;dr sleep! you need it! 10:59 AM · Jun 24, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone
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    Text - aiko @1chigoko source if you want it: "why we sleep" by matthew walker 11:03 AM Jun 24, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone
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